LPCDreissues: Looking forward to the past

180 GRAM AUDIOPHILE VINYL
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For Cardiff Rose (1976), the former leader and 12-string
jangle-meister of the Byrds collaborated with Mick Ronson,
guitarist for David Bowie’s Spiders From Mars. The two
toured as part of Bob Dylan’s Rolling Thunder Revue, after
which Ronson went into the studio with McGuinn to produce
his next solo album.
This is easily one of McGuinn’s finest solo efforts; recorded
with fellow Rolling Thunder veterans Rob Stoner, Howie
Wyeth and David Mansfield, the band sounds tight and
enthusiastic from front to back. McGuinn wrote a handful of
strong originals, including “Partners in Crime”, the charging
rockers “Rock and Roll Time” and “Take Me Away,” and the
beautifully atmospheric “Jolly Roger,” while he was also
lucky enough to receive fine contributions from Bob Dylan
(“Up to Me”) and Joni Mitchell (“Dreamland”).

Side A
1. Take Me Away
2. Jolly Roger
3. Rock and Roll Time
4. Friend
5. Partners In Crime

Side B
1. Up To Me
2. Round Table
3. Pretty Polly
4. Dreamland